tools/xmlGenerator/portAllocator.py

#!/usr/bin/python2
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import sys, socket

serversock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
try:
    # Create a listening socket on a random available port on localhost
    serversock.bind(('127.0.0.1',0))
    serversock.listen(0)

    # Print the chosen port
    print(serversock.getsockname()[1])
    serversock.close()

except socket.error, (errno,message):
    sys.stderr.write("portAllocator: Socket creation error " + str(errno) + ": " + message + '\n')
    if serversock:
        serversock.close()
    sys.exit(1)